Print all variables in a class? - Python

Question

I'm making a program that can access data stored inside a class. So for example I have this class:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import shelve

cur_dir = '.'

class Person:
    def __init__(self, name, score, age=None, yrclass=10):
        self.name = name
        self.firstname = name.split()[0]
        try:
            self.lastname = name.split()[1]
        except:
            self.lastname = None

        self.score = score
        self.age = age
        self.yrclass = yrclass
    def yrup(self):
        self.age += 1
        self.yrclass += 1

if __name__ == "__main__":
    db = shelve.open('people.dat')
    db['han'] = Person('Han Solo', 100, 37)
    db['luke'] = Person('Luke Skywalker', 83, 26)
    db['chewbacca'] = Person('Chewbacca', 100, 90901)

So using this I can call out a single variable like:

print db['luke'].name

But if I wanted to print all variables, I'm a little lost.

If I run:

f = db['han']
dir(f)

I get:

['__doc__', '__init__', '__module__', 'age', 'firstname', 'lastname', 'name', 'score', 'yrclass', 'yrup']

But I want to be able to print the actual data of those.

How can I do this?

Thanks in advance!

score 51 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 21 '10 at 23:38

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print db['han'].__dict__

answered Oct 21 '10 at 23:38

DisplacedAussie

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Which is actually equal to `vars(db['han'])`, as it calls `__dict__`. – user1338062 May 30 '20 at 09:21

Suresh2692 · Answer 2 · 2018-08-24T05:51:23.273

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Rather than using magic methods , Vars could be more preferable.

print(vars(db['han']))

edited Aug 24 '18 at 05:51

answered Sep 08 '16 at 07:38

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score 13 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 23 '20 at 11:02

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print(vars(objectName))

Output:
{'m_var1': 'val1', 'm_var2': 'val2'}

This will print all the class variables with values initialised.

edited Mar 23 '20 at 11:02

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answered Mar 20 '17 at 15:31

Archie Yalakki

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Does it also print a list of all callable functions? – Prakhar Sharma Apr 08 '22 at 04:24

EMPraptor · Answer 4 · 2010-10-21T23:47:01.770

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Define __str__ or __repr__ methods in your Person class and print the object.

edited Oct 21 '10 at 23:47

answered Oct 21 '10 at 23:41

EMPraptor

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Anyany Pan · Answer 5 · 2016-09-19T12:47:03.127

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Just try beeprint

after pp(db['han']), it will print this:

instance(Person):
    age: 37
    firstname: 'Han',
    lastname: 'Solo',
    name: 'Han Solo',
    score: 100,
    yrclass: 10

no methods, no private properties.

edited Sep 19 '16 at 12:47

answered Sep 16 '16 at 15:44

Anyany Pan

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 10 '22 at 11:30

If you want a method to print all the attribute, you can use:

def get_attribute(self):
    """
    Prints all attribute of object
    """

    for i in (vars(self)):
        print("{0:10}: {1}".format(i, vars(self)[i]))

You then need to call the method:

db['luke'].get_attribute()

and it will print:

name      : Luke Skywalker 
firstname : Luke 
lastname  : Skywalker 
score     : 83 
age       : 26 
yrclass   : 10

Please note you can play around with the value {0:10} to change the spacing for the columns.

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 02 '21 at 12:02

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print(vars(self)) or pprint(vars(self))

and to access self.variable name

Eg. self._own_name

edited Jan 02 '21 at 12:02

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answered Jan 02 '21 at 10:32

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Vincent Claes · Answer 8 · 2022-05-08T10:55:18.003

If you want only the values of the variables you defined, you can do:

variables = [v for k, v in db['han'].__dict__.items() 
              
              # variable is not a python internal variable
              if not k.startswith("__") 
              and not k.endswith("__")
              
              # and is not a function
              and not "method" in str(v)
              and not "function" in str(v)]


print(variables) 
# ['Han Solo', 'Han', 'Solo', 100, 37, 10]

You will not print functions or internal Python variables (start and end with __), called dunders.

Print all variables in a class? - Python

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